Object Title
Chimú Double Spout and Bridge Vessel with Zoomorphic Motifs
Measurements
9 × 8 in. (22.9 × 20.3 cm)
Creation Date
AD 1300-1532
Credit Line
Gift of Henry Willard Lende, Jr.
Museum Name
Museum Contact
Lucía Abramovich Sánchez (lucia.abramovich@samuseum.org)
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://sanantonio.emuseum.com/objects/24022/chimu-double-spout-and-bridge-vessel-with-zoomorphic-motifs?ctx=a7e9ea38-0fb3-46e1-bc66-71a4db6d10aa&idx=5
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
age prior to AD 1550
Provenance Information
with Henry Willard Lende, Jr (1937-2016), San Antonio, TX, by 2016; by gift of the estate of Henry Willard Lende, Jr. to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 2018
Exhibition Information
N/A
Publication Information
N/A
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
This object was a gift of the estate of Henry Willard Lende, Jr. (1937-2016) of San Antonio TX, who left behind no records concerning the provenance of this object. SAMA accepted the object with incomplete provenance to make it publicly accessible. This vessel has a rare depiction and is the only of its kind among SAMA’s Art of the Americas before 1521 holdings.